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French President Emmanuel Macron surrounded by representatives of countries around the Mediterranean on June 24, 2019 in Marseille. CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP

Closing the summit of the two banks in Marseille on Monday, June 24, French President Emmanuel Macron hoped that the heads of state and government of the Mediterranean rim meet " in six months " to advance joint projects to " allow the Maghreb to relive "politically.

It is a mediocre Mediterranean Emmanuel Macron depicted on Monday at the end of the summit of two shores in Marseille. In front of ministers and representatives of the civil society of ten countries of the western Mediterranean, the French head of state evoked a region " being shattered " by " the migratory symptom " and the " bottom of the political Islam "and" populists ". He also mentioned the " political crisis in Algeria and Libya ".

Referring to the cooperation projects studied at this summit, which now have to be " concretely financed " to " have results ", Emmanuel Macron hoped that Heads of State and Government of the Mediterranean region would meet in six months " To go further ". This summit, assured the French president, is also one that will allow the Maghreb to revive, while it " no longer exists politically today ".

The Summit of the two shores brought together five North African countries (Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya) and five countries from Western Europe (Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Malta). They were represented by their Minister of Foreign Affairs or a Secretary of State.

The idea for this meeting was launched by Emmanuel Macron during a visit to Tunis at the beginning of 2018, in order to develop " a strong Mediterranean policy ". A group of 100 civil society representatives was then set up. They met at five thematic forums whose synthesis was made in early June in the Tunisian capital.

A series of projects were presented or ratified at this meeting, including a Euro-Arab translation house, a polylink press and a school of the sea. Others will be developed in the sectors of new technologies. or the environment.

(With AFP)

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